Historic Hood River
Odell Post Office
8-9-2017
Notes
Here’s the Odell post office. A dot screen has been applied, so it is likely this photo was prepared for the newspaper or some other publication.
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Charlott
This has to be a fairly early photo of the old post office, as the street is still unpaved. This post office was still in use after Odell High School became Mid Valley Jr. High and I went there.
Hildred Rhoades was the post mistress there for many years. Her ancestors were the Crockett’s who came to The Dalles area very early on. Her husband Loyal Rhoades’ mother was of the old pioneer Kemp family of the area.
L.E.
Here is some more Odell history to add to Charlott’s.
http://www.gorgeconnection.com/odell/history.php
Kenn
Does the building still exist?
charlott
No, it has been gone for a very long time…..
Jeffrey Bryant
This photo can be found in the “History of Hood River County, 1852 – 1982,” on page 34.
Jeffrey Bryant
Hood River Glacier, 1927-03-31, page 4 – Annie O. Johnson and her brother, A. T. Hale, are purchasing from Mrs. Gertrude L. Clark the property now occupied by their business which is known as the Postoffice store and Odell postoffice.
https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn97071110/1927-03-31/ed-1/seq-4/